Roifman Syndrome is a rare disorder whose disease manifestations include growth retardation, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and immunodeficiency. Here, the authors use whole-genome sequencing to discover that rare compound heterozygous variants disrupting the small nuclear RNA gene RNU4ATACcause Roifman Syndrome.
- Daniele Merico
- Maian Roifman
- Stephen W. Scherer